‘Deadpan’ by Steve McQueen (1997). Watch the video here (click realplayer or quicktime).

Reminiscent of a typcial Buster Keaton mise-en-scène, McQueen stages a deadpan humourous scene, where the house front collapses but leaves the figure mysteriously intact by leaving the window open.

Clip from Buster Keaton in Steamboat Bill Jr (1928). Watch the entire film here.

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